ASTRAL Microplastics at IMTA labs and potential risks D5.4

This document was created as part of the H2020 All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture (ASTRAL) project. One of the specific objectives of the ASTRAL project is to map the distribution of pollutants of emerging concern in the selected IMTA open water labs, focusing on the application of robust and reliable sampling, sample preparation and analysis methods to be used to establish routinary monitoring plans is such type of aquaculture production facilities. The deliverable's scope and objectives include the development of an ad hoc large volumes water microplastics sampling device, application in the ASTRAL selected IMTA labs, the application of the best available sample preparation and analysis technology. Furthermore, this deliverable aims at describing recommendations for improvement and plans to define a routine monitoring plan for the aquaculture related MicroPlastic (MP) pollution fingerprint assessment.